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IMPROVED APPAEA-TUS FOR DYEING. PIECE GOODS.

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TO ALL PERSONSV TO WHOM PRESENTS MAY COME:

Be it knmvn that I, HENRY Bunnows, of Lowell, in the county of Middlesex, and State' of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Apparatus for Dyeing Piece Goods andl do hereby declare the` same to be fully described in the-followingspecification, and represented in the accompanying drawings, of Which- Figure 1 is a top view, i

Figures 2 and 3 are transverse sections, and

Figure 41's a ion'gitndinal section of it. 4

In such drawings, A denotes a. kettle, vat, Orreservcir for containing dyeing-liquid. Lengthwise over the said reservoir A, a ribbed'cylinder, drum, o r roller, B, is arranged, and hasitsjonrnalsa af supported in boxes or bearings b b, erected on the ends of the reservoir.' A pulley, C, fixed on the shaft of the, said drurh B, carriesan endlessbclt, D, which travels on a smaller pullej, E, fixed on the .shaftof another and smallefribhed roller, F, arranged with resp-ect to the'drum B in manner as represented indige. Zand 3, andofl equalorA about eqnal length' with it. This roller F is for the p'nrpse'of preventing any ofthe coils` of the piece of cloth, while ioose'and beinfar subjected to the action o f the apparatus, fromV passing underneath and adhering to the 'lower part of thedium B. V Y

A grating, G, extends across the reservoir A,'fr om end vto end, and underneath the roller B, and has beneath it anotherroller; H, whose lower'edge is placed a shortV distance above the bottom of the reservoir. The axis of. the roller 'H is parallel to` that of the-roller B, and the journals c c 'of suchl roller H are to be so applied `to the ends of the reservoir as to be capablo'of A.being freelyrevolved therein. A

Furthermore, there extends from the upper b arof the`grate-frame, to one side of the reservoir, u series of guide-bars, I- I 1,8m., such series being anked by, two round g'uidelbars or rollers, K K, which are arranged, with respect to the series, in manner asshown in gs. 1, 2, and 3.l An arm or guide, L, also projects from one end of the reservoir toward one 4oi' 'the rollers K, in manner'as shown in the drawings. There is also attached to nua side of the reservoir a post, M, having an eye or hole,-e, thrdugh its upper part. To this p'ost o forked n rm, N, ishinged, so as to b capable of being'tnrned upward in a vertical plane. Such arm carries arolle'r, O, which rests on tleurved surface of, the drum 1B, near one end thereof. l

T- wo'squeeze-rollers, P Q, arranged as .rcpresentei'and having theinshafts sustained in two' posts,ff,. extended up from one ,side of the reservoir, may b'e ap'pliedto such. reservoir, for the purpose of' effecting the remoyalof apiece of goods from it after such piece mayhave been dyed. These rollers also serve to expel from the pie'ee the surplus dyeing-liquid, and cause it to .fall'back into thereservoir. A crank is to he applied to the sh'att of'4 the lowerroller, to enable such roller-to'be put in revolution.

To introducen. piece of cloth, S, into the apparatus, one end of the piece is to be 'passedthrongh the Veye, e, and thence carried through the inner fork of the arm H, and between the roller and the drum B, the roller 0 beingv next brought downso as to .rest on the piece nnd'press it closely in contact with the drum'. Next, by u revolving the drum, the .piece mayhe drawn into tliereservoir as fast as circumstances may require. The end of the piece isA next t be passed down underneath thenext adjacent roller K; thence Ato and over the other roller K; next, it should'he carried down against theouter sideq ofthe arm L; thence down underneath. the

roller H; thence up to and` against the roller Fand over the drum B; `thence down against the inner side oi' the next adjacent roller, K; next, down nnderneaththe roller H; next,-up against the roller F; next, over' the drum B; thence down between the first and second of the guide-bars I; thence around the roller H andthe drum B, and downbetween the second and the third of the guide-bars I., the same being continued until finally the tufo endsl of the pieceare to he sew'ed or tied together. By revolving the drum, the coils of the whole piece will be caused to revolve and pass into and out4 of the reservoir, ror the dveingdiqnid, when therein, the process being kept up until the thorough dyeing of the piece of cloth may be effected.

l By means of this apparatus, a belt of cloth,lcomposed of several pieces stitched tog-ether, may be run through the dyeing-liquid, or a piece woven long enough to make several of such pieces of any given number of yards. Each may be run through and dyed by it.

lhe advantage of thisV mn'ehine over the common dyeing-machine, in which, in order to dye several separate pieces of cloth, each of them has to he extended about and hung from the drum of the machine, and have its t'lvoends ltied together, so as to make of it an endless belt, as it were, is, that it szives the wastewbich results from the imperfect dyeing of each' of the pieces where tied at its ends, In my machine, the whole piece or band of cloth isccr-ried in a, helix 'aboutvth'emollers and between -the guide-bars, and thus can be dyed to better advantage and with more. expedition.

What claim as mynv'entio'n, is The combination as well as the arrangement of -the series of guides I, and either barejor rollers K, with the reservoir, ite drum B, and roller H, the .vhole being to operate together as described, with a piece of cloth applied to them, in manner as set forth.' l

I also claim the arrangement and combination' of the guide-armL wit-l1 the system of "guides I, bnr-s or rollers K, drxm'r4 B, roller H, und reservoir A.v

I also claim the combination and amngement oi4 the pressure-roller O and forked arm N, or the same and the post M with the reservoir, its drum, rollers, and gides, arranged as set forth.

'I also-claim the comilinetionV and arrangement of the roller F with the reservoir A, the drum B, the roller -H1i.nd the systemof guides I, or I and K, applied to the said reservoir, and arranged with the drum B amd roller H, substantially as specified.

HENRY BURROWS.

Witnesses:

R. H.VEDDY, F. P. HALE, Jr. 

